HOME-STYLE EXEMPTION

home-style exemption.Copyright. A provision in the U.S. Copyright Act allowing for the public airing of radio and television broadcasts in public-accommodation establishments, such as bars and restaurants, with impunity from liability for infringement. • The exemption is so named because the equipment used for the airing must be a single receiver of the type typically found in homes. 17 USCA § 110(5). [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property  67.1. C.J.S. Copyrights and Intellectual Property §§ 51–52, 54.]

[Blacks Law 8th]